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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/377",
  "legislation_title": "Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EMPLOYMENT\nMade 6th December 2002\nComing into operation 8th December 2002\nThe Department for Employment and Learning in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 70C(2), 107A(1) to (3), (6) and (7), 107B(1), (2), (4) and (8), 107C(1) and (2), 107D(1), 112A(1), (2) and (5), 112B(1), (2) and (5), 112C(1) and (6), 112D(1), 112E and 131(1) of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, and now vested in it, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations–",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment; see 2001 (c. 15) (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16); Article 70C was inserted by paragraph 3 of Part III of Schedule 4 to the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9)) and amended by paragraph 4(6) and (7) of Schedule 2 to the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Articles 107A to 107D were inserted by Article 3 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Articles 112A to 112E were inserted by Article 4 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Article 131 was substituted by paragraph 8 of Part III of Schedule 4 to the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9)) and amended by paragraph 4(13) and (14) of Schedule 2 to the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "See S.R. 1999 No. 481 Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/377/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:46.407554+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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